Mumbai: Border War, ICC Cricket, TM Moto Madness and other games created by Jump Games specifically for the Indian consumers with localized Indian themes, have garnered over one million downloads each on the Nokia Store. In less than 4 monthsof Jump publishing these Indian themed games, these games have formed an exclusive Million Club on the Nokia Store and this only underlies the belief of Jump Games on developing mobile game IPs based on Indian themes.

The strategy of developing Indian theme based games has proved to be successful, with Jump Games having as many as eight games in the ?one million and more download? club on the Nokia Store.

The explosion of mobile gaming in tier II and III markets has contributed hugely to the success of these games.Games like Border War Face Off and Border War LOC that are based on local themes have received high acceptance from consumers. Among sports, various versions of ICC Cricket lead the download charts.

The table below lists the titles,developed by Jump Games, which have joined the ?one million and more download? club.

Speaking on the strategy behind the Jump?s success of creating ?one million and more download? club on Nokia store, Mr. Chaitanya Prabhu, Business Head India, Jump Games said, ?Like other forms of entertainment, games also need to connect with their TG to be successful. For mobile gaming to be popular in India, the story and concepts of the game need to adhere to Indian sensibilities. The high download numbers for our games on the Nokia Store validates our belief. I am pleased that our games are performing well and we shall continue to develop several more mobile games with localized Indian themes."

New Delhi: OLX.in, India?s most successful online free local classified site has launched iPad and iPhone application (http://bit.ly/olxiosapp) to cater to the rapidly emerging internet population in India which is bound to reach to about 300 Mn by 2015. Also a large portion of this projected number of the new Internet users are going to be Mobile Internet users who will access Internet on their GPRS enabled phones and Tablets.

OLX has been the pioneer in mobile classifieds space and has clearly focused on mobile very early with the mobile feature phone OLX site available as early as 2008 and OLX mobile apps since 2009. With a growing market of over 55 million iPads globally, 60% market share in Tablets and growth rates of over 150% over last year, it becomes absolutely essential to provide the OLX users an app optimized for their iPads. Tapping this expanding segment of Tablets, OLX has innovated further and strengthened its online presence further with the launch of its new app in the Apple Store now optimized for the iPad, the first for any online classifieds site in India.

iPad users can now download the OLX App in the Apple Store for free and enjoy premium browsing experience and all features of OLX on their iPads. They can now buy or sell their used products like Mobiles, Household appliances, Laptops, Furniture, Vehicles or even promote services they provide or rent apartments conveniently on their iPad.

With 3 easy steps to follow, posting a classified ad through the app is free and hardly takes 2 minutes. Just upload a photo and video of your product from your iPad, enter the title and description of the product after selecting the product category and fill in your contact details to post an ad.

"We are excited to release this new universal app to address the booming iPad market. iPad owners have now a great free app to buy and sell everything with OLX.", says Mr Simon Berger-Perrin, VP Mobile at OLX. The new app for iPad is even compliant with the iPad with retina display which makes viewing images of products posted on OLX absolutely clear and with no blurs or distortions.

Mr Amarjit Batra, Country Manager, OLX India, elated on the launch of this app says, ?India is poised to become a large mobile internet market with smartphones and tablets driving the next wave of growth in Internet consumption. OLX.in is already having apps on all smart phone Operating Systems and the launch of the iPad app is a demonstration of our focus on providing Indian internet users the best classifieds experience anytime and anywhere.

With increasing Mobile transactions, it becomes important that the buyers have the option of meeting the sellers via a mobile device and vice versa. Using the OLX iPad app makes it easy to post an ad in less than 2 minutes with the option of even uploading pictures, videos and description right from the device. Even searching is more convenient and relevant as buyers can search for ads in their locality or in a particular location using GPS to depict all the ads around them on a map. Being a Universal app, users only need to download one app and it works on both devices; iPhone or iPad. The advantage for the users who own an iPhone and an iPad is that they do not need to download 2 different apps. Even the updates for both iPhone and iPad apps happen at the same time which makes it a very convenient option for mobile users.

Mobile apps are a more convenient, faster and personalized way to enhance the user?s experience of accessing the site on the go. With a dedicated app, it would be possible to enhance iPad users experience and strengthen the market share further. For users wanting to experience OLX on other phones, there are also options to download the OLX Mobile app on Android, Windows, Blackberry and Nokia mobile operating systems.

Mumbai: UTV Indiagames, India?s premier gaming company has created history yet again! It has crossed the 100 million downloads mark on the Nokia Store! UTV Indiagames is the first company in the world to have reached this landmark on the Nokia Store with the total number of downloads being 1,00,016,329. Only three months back, UTV Indiagames had crossed the 50 million downloads mark.

Downloads were recorded from countries right around the world, with the top 10 countries being India, Vietnam, Brazil, Turkey, Indonesia, Thailand, Russian Federation, Mexico, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

Cricket, Bollywood, Casual and Action are the top three genres of games downloaded with top 10 games being - Ra. One Genesis, T20 Fever 2011, Aladdin, DLF IPL, Force, Cricket T20 World Championship, D3 Commando, Mowgli in the Jungle Book, Cricket T20 World Championship and Monster Truck Dash.

Today the UTV Indiagames? catalogue offers over 300 games across genres like sports, action, racing, bollywood, cricket etc. Top handsets across all titles are Nokia X2-01, Nokia 2700 Classic, Nokia X2-00, Nokia 5130 XpressMusic and Nokia C3-00.

Speaking on achieving this milestone, Vishal Gondal, CEO, UTV Indiagames, said, "Just three months back we had crossed the 50 million downloads mark. And now three months on its 100 million already! We are delighted that users across the world are enjoying our games. This achievement encourages us to continue to develop world-class games across genres. Nokia though relatively new in the app store market has created a significant mark for itself in the segment and has opened avenues for game development companies worldwide. We hope to continue this amazing partnership with Nokia and create a footprint for Indian gaming industry globally."

Viral Oza, Director-Marketing, Nokia India, said, "The 100 million download mark on the Nokia Store is a huge achievement for UTV Indiagames and demonstrates consumers? appetite for Nokia?s locally relevant content, globally. It is also testimony to the fact that India is has a rich talent pool in the area. As leaders in the industry, Nokia is committed to nurturing a culture of innovation in the mobile app industry and supports developers with tools and insights which can help them develop successful and rewarding applications and games for their consumers. We are delighted with the Indiagames success story and look forward to more such milestones from Indian developers."

For the UTV Indiagames catalogue on the Nokia Store, users can log on to - http://goo.gl/GYQfb